Street-car fender.



No. 705,733. Patented l'uly 29, |902.

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STEET CAR FENDER.

(Applicntiqn filed Aug. 7, 1901.)

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OLE OLSEN, OF ST'. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

STREET-CAR FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,783, dated J' uly29, 1902. Application nea August 7, 1901. serial No. 71,197. (No man.)

To Z whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, OLE OLSEN, a citizen of the United States, and aresidentfof the city of v St. Louis and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and usefullmprovements in Street-Car Fenders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to street-car fenders.

-It frequently happens with street-,car fenders of the styles now in usethat a person struck thereby is thrown forcibly against the solidportion of the car.

It is the principal object ofthe present in frame of my fender mountedon the end of a car. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the under side of theapron, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section of my device mounted on the car.

The body of my device comprises a skeleton frame 1 of oblong form,havingarms 2 projecting rearwardly at each end. These arms are pivotallysupported on hangers 8, provided therefor on the underV side of thecar-body 1l. For this purpose the arms 2 and hangers 3 are preferablyperforated, and a rod 5 extends through them to constitute a pintle.This rod 5 is 'preferably made removable, so as to facilitate thedismounting of the fender.

On the inside of the frontand sides of the fender-frame is mounted a rodor jack-stay 6. A similar rod or jack-stay 7 is mounted upon the frontend of the car-body. To these rods or jackstays respectively is laced anapron 8, of canvas or other suitable material, properly fitted theretoto cover the end of the car. As shown in Fig. 2, this apron has a heavycord or rope 9 around its edge on the lower side and is provided witheyelets or lacing-holes 10 around its margin. By this arrangement thecanvas is to a large extent relieved of wear, the danger of tearing isreduced, and a worn apron can be replaced with a new one withgreatfacility.

Mounted upon the rear bar 11 of the fender-frame is a notched link orrack 12, which extends upwardly through a hole 13 in the car-body inposition to have its notches cooperate with a detent 14, mounted onthecar- ,body in convenient position to be actuated by As shown in Fig.-

`full limit, whereby the fender-frame is tilted into an almost verticalposition. In order to permit the fender to assume this position, thehangers upon which it is pivotally mounted are located close to thefront end of the carbody.

In order to prevent a person who has fallen onto the fender from rollingoff, the fender is provided with raised sides or guards 16, as shown inFig. 3.

1. The combination with a car having a jack-stay on the end thereof, ofa car-fender pivotally supported on the car-body, said fender comprisinga frame, a jack-stay thereon, and an apron laced to said jack-stays,substantially as described. p i

2. A car-fender having a pivotally-supported frame, a jack-stay thereon,andan apron connected to said jack-stay, substantially as described. 3.Acar-fenderhavinga pivotally-supported skeleton frame, a jack-staythereon, and

substantially as described.

4. A car-fender comprising an apron hav ing a rope secured to its edgeon the under side, substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.

5. A car-fender comprising an apron hav a canvas apron connected to saidjack-stay, y

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ing a rope secured to its edge on the under edge on the under side, saidapron being side and having eyelets near said edge, sublaced to saidjack-stays, substantially as de- 1o stantially as, and for the purposeseb forth. scribed.

6. The combination With a car having a 5 jack-stay on the end thereof,of a carfender v OLE OLSEN' pivotally supported on the car-body, saidfen- Witnesses:

der comprising a frame, a jack-stay thereon HENRY A. KERSTING,

and an apron having a rope secured to its WILLIAM P. CARR.

